Research and Policy

This chapter examines social progress as a concept, what it means for helping to understand and address social inequities, how we are going as a country, and why tracking and focusing on it at local, state, national, and international levels are important for urban policy now and into the future.

This analysis indicates that children tend to be healthier and more successful growing up in compact neighborhoods where residents frequently walk and bicycle, drive less at lower speeds, have affordable housing and travel options, are integrated by income and background, and have sufficient parks and greenspace.

This research utilises Carol Bacchi’s (2009) ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ approach to examine three state policies: ‘Towards Ending Homelessness for Young Queenslanders 2022–2027’, the ‘Queensland Housing Strategy 2017–2027’, and the ‘Queensland Youth Strategy’.

The COSS Model is an Australian place-based collective impact approach that uses data gathered via population screening in secondary schools to identify and then support adolescents at risk of homelessness.

This research investigates what is needed to lift the quality of Australian housing to align with international standards so as to address problems associated with aged and ill-performing housing stock in both the owned and rented sectors.

This annual report highlights emerging ideas, issues, and challenges identified by the social services sector, based on recent feedback and engagement.

This study developed a framework for conceptualising the relationship between stable housing and social capital.

This small-scale study explores how reduced availability and rising prices at the lower-cost end of the private rented sector are affecting people experiencing homelessness and the organisations that support them.

This review aims to synthesize the evidence related to the health promotion actions among people experiencing homelessness and the barriers and facilitators they experience in accessing health-promoting information and services.

This performance report assesses the progress of the Better Deal for Renters by each Australian state and territory, one year since it was delivered.